Deciding between Umbraco and Orchard ASP.NET CMS

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Michael Armstrong picture Michael Armstrong · Feb 22, 2012 · Viewed 13.5k times · Source

Now that both system's are built on ASP.NET MVC, does anyone have any experience dealing with both? Looking to set up a small business site for a friend, that will eventually have an online store. I've read a lot of posts, but nothing recent ( since Umbraco 5 was released ). If you've had experience, just looking for pros and cons. Anything related to commerce functionality would be helpful as well. Thank you.

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Piotr Szmyd picture Piotr Szmyd · Feb 23, 2012

Orchard has been built from ground-up around ASP.NET MVC 3. I personally prefer that one, as it's well designed, very active and backed by Microsoft. And, of course, totally free.

If you are looking for e-commerce solution - there is a new, very promising module called WebShop, along with a full tutorial.

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